On the outside, Archvale looks like a twee little adventure game. It’s bright and colourful, and highly reminiscent of the early Legend of Zelda games. But it doesn’t take long once you start playing to realise that while Archvale is all smiles and rosy cheeks on the outside, on the inside it’s a vicious little git that wants you dead.
Because Archvale is essentially a bullet hell game dressed up in the clothes of a top-down adventure. You visit places like Timberwell and Cradlewood, and fight cartoony, pixel-art monsters with swords and bows and magic – but the enemies can be relentless, and staying out of the line of fire requires an insane level of reflex and patience.
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